Parents' Views on the Best and Worst Reasons for Guideline-Consistent HPV Vaccination.

ABSTRACT: Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination could prevent most HPV-associated cancers, but few U.S. adolescents are vaccinated according to guidelines. To inform efforts to counsel parents more effectively, we sought to quantify their views on the best and worst reasons for guideline-consistent HPV vaccination. We hypothesized that parents' views would differ according to their vaccination confidence.Methods: We developed a best-worst scaling experiment to evaluate 11 reasons healthcare providers commonly give for HPV vaccination. The instrument was administered in 2016 via a national online survey to 1,177 parents of adolescents. Parents completed 11 choice tasks of 5 reasons each, indicating the best and worst reason in each task. We used conditional logistic regress

SUBMITTER: Gilkey MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6035066 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature